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excel vba Disable Cut, Copy, Paste

Nutty Narwhal answered on January 17, 2021 Popularity 4/10 Helpfulness 1/10

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'*** In a standard module ***
Option Explicit 
 
Sub ToggleCutCopyAndPaste(Allow As Boolean) 
     'Activate/deactivate cut, copy, paste and pastespecial menu items
    Call EnableMenuItem(21, Allow) ' cut
    Call EnableMenuItem(19, Allow) ' copy
    Call EnableMenuItem(22, Allow) ' paste
    Call EnableMenuItem(755, Allow) ' pastespecial
     
     'Activate/deactivate drag and drop ability
    Application.CellDragAndDrop = Allow 
     
     'Activate/deactivate cut, copy, paste and pastespecial shortcut keys
    With Application 
        Select Case Allow 
        Case Is = False 
            .OnKey "^c", "CutCopyPasteDisabled" 
            .OnKey "^v", "CutCopyPasteDisabled" 
            .OnKey "^x", "CutCopyPasteDisabled" 
            .OnKey "+{DEL}", "CutCopyPasteDisabled" 
            .OnKey "^{INSERT}", "CutCopyPasteDisabled" 
        Case Is = True 
            .OnKey "^c" 
            .OnKey "^v" 
            .OnKey "^x" 
            .OnKey "+{DEL}" 
            .OnKey "^{INSERT}" 
        End Select 
    End With 
End Sub 
 
Sub EnableMenuItem(ctlId As Integer, Enabled As Boolean) 
     'Activate/Deactivate specific menu item
    Dim cBar As CommandBar 
    Dim cBarCtrl As CommandBarControl 
    For Each cBar In Application.CommandBars 
        If cBar.Name <> "Clipboard" Then 
            Set cBarCtrl = cBar.FindControl(ID:=ctlId, recursive:=True) 
            If Not cBarCtrl Is Nothing Then cBarCtrl.Enabled = Enabled 
        End If 
    Next 
End Sub 
 
Sub CutCopyPasteDisabled() 
     'Inform user that the functions have been disabled
    MsgBox "Sorry!  Cutting, copying and pasting have been disabled in this workbook!" 
End Sub 
 
 '*** In the ThisWorkbook Module ***
Option Explicit 
 
Private Sub Workbook_Activate() 
    Call ToggleCutCopyAndPaste(False) 
End Sub 
 
Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean) 
    Call ToggleCutCopyAndPaste(True) 
End Sub 
 
Private Sub Workbook_Deactivate() 
    Call ToggleCutCopyAndPaste(True) 
End Sub 
 
Private Sub Workbook_Open() 
    Call ToggleCutCopyAndPaste(False) 
End Sub

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Application.CutCopyMode = False

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